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	Pop Idol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pop Idol was a British television series shown on ITV1; the show was a talent contest to find the best new young singer or 'pop idol' in the UK.
		Pop Idol combined the traditional talent show with some aspects of reality television.
		One of the UK's top-earning TV format exports, Pop Idol made extensive use of premium-priced viewer interactivity, with viewers voting by telephone, mobile telephone texting or through the "red button" on digital television sets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pop_Idol (525 words)

	Idol series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As part of an out-of-court settlement between the Pop Idol producers and the creators of Popstars, international sales contracts of the format contain a clause preventing the local broadcaster from using the word pop in the local title.
		Norway, Idol [23] -- Kurt Nilsen, Kjartan Salvesen, Jorun Stiansen
		Poland, Idol [25] -- Alicja Janosz, Krzysztof Zalewski, Monika Brodka, Maciek Silski
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Idol_series (799 words)

	CNN.com - Will becomes certain Pop Idol - February 11, 2002
		The Pop Idols phenomenon follows the success of the band Hear'Say who went straight to number one in the UK pop charts last year after winning the show Popstars.
		Pop Idol mania swept Britain since the start of the search with stores across the UK cashing in on the phenomenon.
		The 10 Pop Idol finalists are to come together again to perform two sell-out concerts at London's Wembley Arena on March 14 and 15.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/10/popidol.will (602 words)

	Pop Idol TV Show - Pop Idol Television Show - TV.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pop Idol is a reality TV talent contest, created by 19 Management to discover the popstars of tomorrow.
		Pop Idol is the show which has transformed the world of television talent shows.
		Pop Idol is abit funny in the way that no one can sing on that show.
	www.tv.com /pop-idol/show/8309/summary.html (306 words)

	Pop Idol, News and Gossip from Pop Idol
		The Pop Idol group collaborations "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", which has been released as a Xmas single, and "On This Day" are great versions of great songs.
		Chris Hide, dubbed 'the Pop Idol vicar', become the latest contestant to be eliminated after a tense Christmas themed show.
		Pop Idol loser Roxanne Cooper is all set to to land a £1million record deal just days after being voted off the show.
	www.popwinners.co.uk /pop-idol (567 words)

	Idols (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Idols is the televised search for a new national solo pop idol.
		The second series of Australian Idol launched on Network 10 in July 2004 and ranks as the highest rated entertainment series of the 21st century in Australia, with a third Idol series due to launch later this year.
		Idols continues to create major recording artists in all territories in which it airs with the winners and, in many cases, the runners-up all achieving phenomenal chart success and record sales.
	www.fremantlemedia.com /page.asp?partid=12 (740 words)

	Pop Idol Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It will be the first Pop Idol wedding, Mark was Pop Idol 2 runner up and Zoe was the top placed female in Pop Idol 1 (when she was just a wee 16 year old girlie!).
		In their respective Pop Idol's Mark and Zoe both came over as very grounded and fun-loving individuals, no doubt they will share lots of love and laughter in the years to come.
		Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller signed the pair earlier this month and they have already been busy singing tracks from their forthcoming double-A sided single on Top Of The Pops (TOTP) and CD:UK.
	www.popidolwatch.co.uk (897 words)

	Digital Spy - Pop Idol
		Pop Idol duo Sam and Mark have reportedly been axed by their record label.
		Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus debuts at a lowly number 16 with her second single.
		Pop Idol winner Will Young signs a £1 million record deal with a record company in the states.
	www.digitalspy.co.uk /idol (323 words)

	POP IDOL SINGING TALENT AND MUSICAL SHOWCASE - GARETH GATES WILL YOUNG - SOLAR COLA, COKE, COCA COLA, PEPSI COLA, ...
		One of the UK's top-earning TV format exports, Pop Idol makes extensive use of premium-priced viewer interactivity with viewers voting by telephone, mobile telephone texting or through the "red button" on digital television sets.
		His biggest setback was appearing at the first Pop Idol press conference and not being able to answer questions from journalists.
		As part of his pledge to Pop Idol voters, Gareth has promised not to let fame go to his head, despite adoring girls already screaming his name whenever he is out.
	www.solarnavigator.net /music/pop_idol.htm (1433 words)

	Other Pop Idol - NEWS
		Pop Idol failure Sam Nixon has put a brave face on his shock defeat, but admitted he was gutted at being booted off the show.
		Pop Idol presenter Kate Thornton says she is horrified that people think she is sleeping with Simon Cowell.
		Pop Idol contestants are to embark on a tour of the UK in March.
	bigrikcouk.brinkster.net /news/other.asp (9172 words)

	SMLXL - Pop Idol
		Pop Idol Interactive will be available by pressing the red button while the programme is transmitted on ITV1 and ITV2.
		Pop Idol, which spawned Gareth Gates and Will Young in Britain, is by far the biggest money spinner fuller has dreamt up so far.
		Advisers to the programme believe Pop Idol is likely to be worth up to £70m by the time television, recording and other performance rights have been exploited around the world.
	www.smlxtralarge.com /docs/pop_idol.php (1364 words)

	Pop Idol
		In a shock result in the penultimate Pop Idol show favourite Sam was voted off by the viewers.
		Mark was beaten in the Pop Idol final on 20th December 2003 by Michelle.
		Neil said: "Are you a pop idol or are you the next Jane McDonald?" referring to a cruise-ship crooner who featured on a BBC reality series.
	theinternetforum.co.uk /popidol/index.php (599 words)

	Darius Danesh: The Unknown Pop Idol - Beavers On Idol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Darius was relatively well-known in the UK even prior to Pop Idol, and there is a media history here that I will not delve into in any depth.
		As for Darius, and for any other Pop Idol winner or contestant, our concern should be about the music and the singing, and Darius is not only easy on the eyes of female admirers, but his music is original and refreshing, and his singing voice is extraordinary.
		I could ask you to listen to Idol Music Radio to hear him, but if you do not want to "waste" your time listening to all the other great Idol music until it comes time for Darius to sing, you can also click here for a quick listen to some of his earlier singles.
	www.beaversonidol.com /articles/dariusdaneshunknownpopidol.html (603 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Pop Idol - The Big Band Album: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Robbie Williams came under a lot of criticism for what people saw as his butchering of classic numbers on Swing When You're Winning but Pop Idol's Big Band Album is way short of the mark set by Robbie showing that you can't rush a project of this size and expect the same results.
		A couple of things that struck me were that Zoe finished fourth on pop idol, but she had 4 songs on the album!
		Darius is wonderful.Gareth should stick to the pop tunes,, this is a little bit too challenging for him.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000647I3 (980 words)

	Ananova - Waterman says Pop Idol winner is 'rubbish'
		Pop Idol judge Pete Waterman has broken his silence on competition winner Michelle McManus - branding her "rubbish".
		Waterman stormed off the set after McManus beat Marc Rhodes in the Pop Idol final, and predicts her pop career will be over in weeks, says The Sun.
		She is simply not a big talent and is certainly not a pop idol.
	www.ananova.com /entertainment/story/sm_858479.html (209 words)

	Pop Idol announced for UK - PlayStation 2 News at GameSpot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pop Idol announced for UK Codemasters announces that it will release a rhythm action game based on the reality-TV show Pop Idol in the UK.
		Following yesterday's announcement that Codemasters has secured the worldwide interactive video game rights to the reality-TV show American Idol, the company has today confirmed that a localized Pop Idol version of the game will be released in the UK.
		In the game, players will be able to create, style, and train their own singers before attempting to take them all the way from show auditions through to the grand finale.
	www.gamespot.com /ps2/puzzle/americanidol/news.html?sid=6024605 (497 words)

	Sex Pistols creator in talks over ‘anti-Pop Idol’ show - [Sunday Herald]
		“Pop Idol is people worship, and the alternative is to knock the idol off the altar: that is what the Sex Pistols did, and I would like to be the catalyst for it to happen again,’’ he said.
		Pop Stars began in 2001, launching the now-defunct Hear’Say and with the by-product of Liberty X, the runners-up.
		The following year saw the launch of Pop Idol, Pop Stars – The Rivals and Fame Academy, while The X Factor joined the mix this year, to include older stars, and three competing judges.
	www.sundayherald.com /45746 (971 words)

	Idolonline.org \| It's Not Just TV. It's An Idol Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Beginning as the television show Pop Idol in the United Kingdom, the 'idol' franchise (as it is known as a whole) has become a world phenomenon, taking by storm more than twenty countries.
		Unlike other reality series, Idol is a musical talent search for an ultimate superstar that lets the audience vote for their favorite performers.
		After a round of eliminations, a group of semi-finalists are chosen by the judges to go head-to-head in front of television cameras to vie for a spot in the finals.
	www.idolonline.org /show.htm (216 words)

	Pop goes the 'Idol' as dreams fade \| NZ Idol 2006 Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		America, he says, "lives for whole pop thing and churns out new artists", but despite the popularity and commercial viability of the genre in New Zealand, there is no real domestic pop music industry here.
		Paul Ellis has stated unequivocally that Idol is not a ticket to a long term stay in the New Zealand music industry and expectations from performers still wet behind the ears may have been too high.
		The idols do seem to get treated differently here and I do agree that putting covers that were recorded during the show onto the album is not really producing a professional album.
	www.idolblog.com /node/2006745 (2468 words)

	Crikey Website - Is Australian Idol murdering pop music? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Australian Idol and its TV driven talent show ilk that are growing with such contagion that they will soon even come with their own designated disease (Factor X) – are a boil on the bum of an industry who’s best and brightest are overwhelmingly original talent.
		Manufactured pop music has always been around, but the usual pop idols riding on the back of other people’s material, unless you are the diva types, quickly run out of puff.
		But then as another pretty boy King of Pop and Countdown cardboard cutout, he was almost certainly the most disposable pop idol of Australian music in the ‘70’s.
	www.crikey.com.au /articles/2004/10/12-0010.html (3667 words)

	Simon versus Simon in Court - Sep 13, 2004 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Simon Fuller, the famed British music manager and mastermind behind the UK's Pop Idol and its Stateside spinoff American Idol, is suing snippy TV host Simon Cowell, accusing him of ripping off his talent show for a new project dubbed The X Factor.
		Fuller, who was also the man behind such mega-successful manufactured pop acts as the Spice Girls and S Club 7, decided to take legal action after watching the premiere of The X Factor on Britain's ITV1 Saturday night and noting as many as 25 similarities between the two shows.
		The legal spat between the two Idol gurus threatens to jettison one of the most successful partnerships in television history, not to mention potentially harm Cowell's future participation on Pop Idol.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,14914,00.html?tnews (545 words)

	TIME Europe Magazine: Nov. 04, 2002 -- Reinventing Reality - 1
		At 42, Fuller is the auteur behind Pop Idol, the talent contest for unknowns that has been a smash hit in Britain and the U.S., where it aired as American Idol, and which is to debut in Germany on Nov. 9 as Germany Seeks the Superstar.
		Pop Idol not only helps Fuller discover new talent; it enables him to cross-leverage the different arms of 19, which he founded in 1985.
		Of course, Fuller's brand of assembly-line pop has been accused of causing the downfall of music, since interchangeable artists tend not to have long careers.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901021104-384753,00.html (1879 words)

	USATODAY.com - Norway's 'Pop Idol' wins world title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		LONDON (AP) — Norway's Pop Idol Kurt Nilsen moved a step up to World Idol on Thursday when he triumphed in a singing competition with winners from 10 other nations.
		The competitors are all winners of the first season of the Idol series in their respective countries.
		Nilson, a 25-year-old plumber, won the Norwegian version of Pop Idol in May. His single, She's So High, went straight to No. 1 in the Norwegian singles chart and is the country's biggest-selling single to date.
	www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2004-01-02-world-idol-results_x.htm (322 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features > Karla Peterson: In the Air -- Surprise! Clarkson does pop-idol role ...
		I guess you never forget your first "Idol," and from the moment Clarkson sashayed out of the pack with her smart and snappy rendition of "Stuff Like That There" (Season 1, Episode 10), I have been in her corner.
		Clarkson's talents were truly tested four weeks later, when – as the official "American Idol" winner – she was forced to sing the first in a long line of awful "American Idol"-winner songs.
		Co-written by Avril Lavigne, "Breakaway" is a bittersweet pop waltz that builds into a thunderous self-help anthem, while "Since U Been Gone" – which was co-written and co-produced by teen-pop king Max Martin – starts out as a synth-pop ditty before morphing into a thunderous empowerment anthem.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/peterson/20050221-9999-1c21karla.html (874 words)

	CBBC Newsround \| POP IDOL
		Pop Idol finalist Michelle McManus has hit out at critics who have compared her to the rock singer Meatloaf.
		Pop Idol favourite Sam Nixon is knocked out of the show.
		Pop Idols say S Club gig was 'incredible'
	news.bbc.co.uk /cbbcnews/hi/find_out/specials/2002/pop_idol/default.stm (271 words)

	New York Daily News - Entertainment - David Bianculli: Latest 'Idol' lacks pop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In its fourth season, "American Idol" remains a ratings powerhouse - so formidable that rival ABC is trying to ride its wave by airing a controversy-seeking "Fallen Idols" edition of "Primetime Live" tomorrow night.
		The first year, when this Americanized version of Britain's "Pop Idol" show and acerbic judge Simon Cowell were equally fresh to our shores, there was the satisfying drama of watching Kelly Clarkson - neither the thinnest nor the most charismatic finalist - make it to the end by the strength of her vocals alone.
		So far, the result has been an "Idol" season so dull that the most excitement generated all year has when someone at the program got a few of the voting numbers wrong.
	www.nydailynews.com /entertainment/story/305761p-261655c.html (757 words)

	Pop Idol judge: Simon Cowell
		As the nation embarks on another search for a Pop Idol, we talk to all four judges and find out what they'll be looking out for this year and whether they'll be able to keep themselves from coming to blows with one another.
		Yes, it's not just pop that we've seen, we've seen different genres of music as well, which is great.
		There are very, very few current pop songs, which says a lot about the current state of the pop industry.
	www.ivillage.co.uk /print/0,9688,591293,00.html (1875 words)

	Pop idol - Gamers Gateway
		Pop Idol is a money-making, fixed, piece of crap TV.
		Well I prefer pop idol to pop stars but I agree they have drawn it out too much.
		Yes, I think it was Pop Idol, but it's still turd.
	www.gamers-gateway.com /vb/showthread.php?t=2187 (385 words)

	Zap2it - TV news - 'American Idol' Launches Search for a Pop Star
		He's referring to "American Idol: The Search for Superstar," a new FOX series of which Lythgoe is an executive producer.
		"American Idol" is a stateside version of "Pop Idol," which became a huge phenomenon in the United Kingdom earlier this year.
		Simon Cowell, a record-industry executive who helped dream up the "Pop Idol" concept, says even Queen Elizabeth II was a fan of the show.
	tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271\|76380\|1\|,00.html (708 words)

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